LIST OF PLATES PLATE PHOTO XI. 16. ALLOY NO. 5—PEARLITE GRAINS . . . '•17. THE STRUCTURE OF PEARLITE XII. 18. ALLOY NO. I—PEARLITE GRAINS ig. ALLOY NO. 8---PEARLITE GRAINS XIII. 20. ALLOY NO. 8—6) = 78°—PEARLITE . . XIV. 21. ALLOY NO. 8---- = 86°—PEARLITE 25. ALLOY NO. 21—co = 86°—PEARLITE . XVII. 26. ALLOY NO. 8—C = O' 55%—BEAMS OF CEMENTITE ROUND A PEARLITE ISLET 27. ALLOY NO. 8—VARIOUS PHASES OF SPHERODI- SATION OF CEMENTITE IN HYPO-EUTECTOID STEEL ...... XVIII. 28. ALLOY NO. I—THE SPHERODISATION PROCESS. CRACKS ON A CEMENTITE NEEDLE XIX. 29. DAMASCENE BLADE—C.= I'6o% 30. VARIOUS PHASES OF THE SPHERODISATION PROCESS ...... XX. 31. SAME—FURTHER STAGES .... 32. DITTO ....... XXI. 33. DAMASCENE BLADE NO. I FROM D. K. TSCHER- NOFF'S COLLECTION .... 34. DAMASCENE BLADE NO. 1434 FROM THE WALLACE COLLECTION ....